> >"Our advice to GP Practices, which is endorsed by the Department of Health
> >and the National Programme for IT is as follows: Practices with RFA99+
> >accredited systems with which they are currently happy should not agree to
> >transfer to an alternative system as long as their current supplier has
> >confirmed their desire to make their system "NPfIT compliant"
>
> Ah, and here is the heart of the matter.
>
> If I were a NPfIT tactician, I would raise the bar so high so as to make
> current systems "NPfIT compliant" very difficult.
>
> Then again, I am not a NPfIT tactician ;-)
>
> "Here you are Sir GP, a brand new system that does all you want for free.
> Of course, you can maintain your loyalty to your current supplier, but
> this will cost you ... (figures that will make you squirm)"
>
> Let's see whether GPs will put loyalty and principles (often vacuous)
> before pockets.
> Ahmad
The chances of the new system doing all that current GP systems do
is I think minimal - hence GPs will lose 'quality means money points'
or have to pay for current systems.
I don't think these ivory towered bureaucrats have a clue how
sophisticated current GP systems are. Most of them have been
evolving for 15 years.
David Jobson
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